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Digital screen addiction leading to hunchback in kids: Dr SS Chhabra

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Dr Satnam Singh Chhabra

Digital screen addiction leading to hunchback in kids: Dr SS Chhabra

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NEW DELHI:
A class 11 student from Delhi had been experiencing a hunchback deformity for the last three years. His deformity was so prominent and progressive that he started feeling shy and would even refuse to go to school. This not just affected his personality but studies as well.

On investigation, the patient was diagnosed with a deformity of the spine known as 'Kyphosis'.

Kyphosis can spread due to a congenital problem in the spine and the deformity can progress further if not treated on time, it can increase pressure on the lungs and the heart, which can result in repetitive sickness with lung infections and morbidity.

“Hunchback is a condition where there is exaggerated forward rounding of the upper back. In a typical case, the head and shoulders shift forward, the chest curls inwards and the spine crunches from a healthy S-curve to a less healthy C position as the pelvis tilts forward,” explains Dr Satnam Singh Chhabra, Director-Neuro Spine Surgery, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi.

He stated, “Hunchback is a condition commonly seen among the youth and young teenagers these days, especially the ones 9 to 18 years of age. Blame it on their sedentary lifestyle or poor posture due to spending more time on small digital screens.”

Dr Chabra warned that the situation is alarming because what initially starts as a mild case of bad posture when children are young, slowly begins to develop into hunched back and shoulders.

The main reason of hunchback is weak abdominal muscles from years of sitting in a hunched position. This places uneven pressure on the discs, the cushioning pads between the bones of the lower back, causing them to become compressed and painful.

Patients having osteoporosis develop age-related hunchback too. And not many patients are aware that hunchback condition, if not treated, progresses into the full-fledged hyper kyphosis of a dowager’s hump, and numerous other health issues alongside.

Surgical procedures are recommended and done only if the curvature of the spine is exaggerated such as seen in severe hunchback and especially if it is pinching the spinal cord or the nerve roots, Dr Chabra advises.


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